During the early 20th century, a black person’s purpose in passing might have been_________________?

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Charles W. Chesnutt used vernacular speech to________________?

A. Explain how African Americans could not learn standard English B. Make his written inaccessible to white audiences C. To encourage feelings of pride in African American readers D. Challenge American stereotypes about race...

In Chapter XV of William Wells Brown’s Clotel, what characteristic of the sentimental novel is evident ?

A. The scene invokes audience sympathy. B. The heroine has to balance autonomy with self-denial. C. The heroine conquers her passions. D. A and B E. B and C...

David Walker’s “Appeal in Four Articles” argues that_________________?

A. The races should not intermarry. B. Christians the only ones not to blame for the existence of slavery. C. Blacks have the duty to resist slavery. D. Blacks should return to Africa....

Richard Wright said he created the character of Bigger in Native Son because______________?

A. He had known many “Biggers” in his life. B. He was trying to overcome his fears of powerful men. C. He was proud of all the African American men he had seen stand up to Whites. D. He wanted to show African American males how not to live....

Harriet Jacob’s slave narrative Incidents in the Life differs from Harriet Beecher Stowe’s abolitionist novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin in what way ?

A. Stowe’s novel is sentimental. B. Stowe describes the treatment of slaves. C. Stowe describes the escape of slaves. D. Uncle Tom’s Cabin was used by abolitionists....